In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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No rash for two days. 
Still a little itchy, but it is the middle of winter and the heat is on. It's probably just dry AF in my house right now.
I think I'm going to try the rice and vegetables tomorrow without the spice and see what happens.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
No rash for two days.
Still a little itchy, but it is the middle of winter and the heat is on. It's probably just dry AF in my house right now.
I think I'm going to try the rice and vegetables tomorrow without the spice and see what happens.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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So, one little fun project that popped up ... or should I say seeped up ...is one of the toilets, which I noticed had crap seeping up over the floor. Eeeew. Hubby removed the toilet (I was his loyal helper) and we found an old rusted waste pipe under the floor.
I thought the waste line was supposed to have been replaced when they replaced the rest of the waste lines??? So I dug thru my big box of "to be filed" papers, found the original contract and change orders and it seems to be as if that was specified in one of the chnage orders, so the tech is coming out today to fix it, for free, I hope.
Fortunately we have more than one bathroom! But, if THIS waste line wasn't replaced ...what about the others?
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Hmmm. Do you think you could have the tech check the others for free?
Something I learned from watching This Old House ... I don't know if you've ever replaced a toilet. But the seal between the toilet and the flange is made by a literal wax ring. It can be tricky to set. If you accidentally squish it down a little tipped, and then straighten out the toilet, you'll have a gap because the wax ring got deformed too far down and, of course, it doesn't pop back up when you adjust the toilet. And then you have to get a new wax ring and start all over gain. Anyway, now they have a silicone thingy instead of a wax ring, and it's much more forgiving, and reusable!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So, one little fun project that popped up
NOTHING ABOUT PLUMBING IS FUN!!!!
lol
I hope it works out. Sounds like they intentionally made a mistake on you.
Now that they're caught red-handed, let's hope they do you right.
Not only should the pipe they charged you to replace before be replaced now, free of charge, but you should make them check the other ones as well and show you they were replaced.
I'm sure you can manage to get them to do it, as well as be quite a bit more cordial about it than I would be. Don't let them push you around since they're the ones that got caught trying to con you, but you're not going to do the situation any favors if you fly off the handle at them either.
Maybe you should ask them if they used to work out of Indiana? Seems like maybe their crew built my entire house.
I'm only joking of course... Between DIY weekend warriors and unscrupulous contractors that cut corners to save on labor and materials, I think most people have stuff behind the scenes that would make their skin crawl if they were aware of the issues.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I am never buying another one of those bookcases you put together yourself. They used to be a one person job but now it seems they are a two person job.
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BRENDA, I feel your pain! How do you hold two pieces in position and clip or screw then together? With your third (or fourth) hand?
One trick I discovered when I was assembling a shelving unit by my lonesome was to lay it out on the floor for the initial assy, then tip it up before adding shelves and tightening bolts. I have to admit, I was a lot younger then. Not sure I would try the same again.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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About the plumbing... with contract in hand I called the company that did the original work, and the butt-hole on the other end of the line started weaseling about what was and wasn't included and nitpicking whether the part was called a riser or a combi. He offered us such a deal! He would take $500 off the $2200 estimate in order to finish the job! I feel fair certain we would have won in small claims court... hey, I've been there and got a judgement. OTOH we kinda wanted to get the thing fixed sooner rather than later, so we called a local company that we've worked with before and they did the job for$200. It was a pleasure calling Mr. Butt-hole and telling him he could take his deal and stuff it.
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Oh indeed, if people only knew what was behind the walls their skin would crawl!
While installing a light fixture hubby discovered that - with the switch off- of he touched the hot and neutral lines with one hand and the ground with the back of his hand he got a significant shock. The wiring in this place is atrocious, we fix it as we encounter it but hubby keeps asking if the place was built by monkeys.
Plus, it's an old house. It wasn't when we bought it, but we've been here a long time and during that time it transitioned from middle age to old. We were watching Love It Or List It when they were discussing the problems of working on a 100 year old house, and I realized that or house was only a couple decades younger! Well, it is what it is; and we just have to be prepared to deal with the effects of entropy!
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Random electrical outages! Fun times!
The houses across the street are on a different circuit. OURS always go out. Theirs always stay on. At least it didn't last very long, but does SCE realize how brain dead it is to advise people to report an outage online? The circuits are dead. The computer is dead, and even if it wasn't the WIFI is dead. Hello?? WTF are they thinking?
(I reported via cellphone.)
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Yeah. My entire house was built on a Friday afternoon. 
Glad you got your plumbing in order.
I've got the same problem with electric around here. Some of the houses on the end of my block are on the "old circuit". We tend to lose power more frequently than the rest of the block. Was great for about four years there, but that wind storm around 4 months back screwed something up. We've had two outages over 2 hours since, and three or four 15 second outages that knock out my computer and the clocks.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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